Today’s Good News 8-2-23

Today’s Good News 8-2-23

A dad in Missouri bought a lottery ticket on his birthday last month, and won $50,000.  Then he won another hundred bucks when his son said, “I’ll bet $100 you’re lying.”  We’re guessing he won’t be making his son pay up though………………A dad in Arkansas made good on a big promise he made to his stepdaughter.  He used to joke that if he ever hit the lottery, he’d give her the winning ticket. In a recent Powerball drawing, he matched four numbers, plus the Powerball.  And he’d paid a buck extra for the “multiplier,” which upped his prize from $50,000 to $200,000. He showed up at her home to surprise her, and said he had some good news and bad news.  The good news was he gave her the ticket.  The bad news was she has to start paying her own cell phone bill………………And finally………… 

A major potential breakthrough in the fight against cancer was announced yesterday.  Researchers at City of Hope in Los Angeles came up with a targeted chemotherapy PILL that only attacks the tumor, not your whole body. They’re testing it on humans now.  But in lab settings, it’s already eradicated a bunch of different cancers, including breast, prostate, brain, skin, and lung cancer.  Experts are saying it could be the “holy grail” of cancer treatments. 

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